Four years ago, in Week 3 of the 2013 season, I wrote in this very space about Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ attempt to add the Cincinnati Bengals to his growing list of vanquished foes.
At that time, Rodgers had just come off a win over Washington, the last NFC team he hadn’t beaten. He then had four AFC teams left to defeat in order to have a win over all 31 other NFL teams – only the Bengals, Dolphins, Patriots and Chiefs remained.
Had the Packers pulled out an eminently winnable game that Sunday in Cincinnati – the outcome turned on rookie running back Johnathan Franklin’s fumble on fourth-and-1 with under four minutes left that the Bengals returned 58 yards for the game-winning touchdown – Rodgers could have joined the list of quarterbacks to accomplish the feat as soon as 2015.